Dege Surname
Approximately 8,331 people bear this surname
Dege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| Tanzania | 1,219 | 1:43,430 | 4,931 |
| Germany | 669 | 1:120,337 | 14,732 |
| Turkey | 547 | 1:142,270 | 11,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 309 | 1:26,387 | 2,949 |
| United States | 295 | 1:1,228,674 | 87,029 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| Russia | 118 | 1:1,221,382 | 88,976 |
| India | 98 | 1:7,827,198 | 166,253 |
| France | 97 | 1:684,770 | 87,242 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| Brazil | 65 | 1:3,293,451 | 94,173 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Latvia | 29 | 1:70,691 | 10,433 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
The alternate forms: Degé (22) & Dégé (4) are calculated separately.
Dege (2,143) may also be a first name.
Dege Demographics
Average Dege Salary in
United States
$53,341 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dege (Arabic: ديغي, Hindi: डेगे, Marathi: डेगे, Oriya: େଦେଗ, Russian: Деге) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Degé or Dégé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dege? popularity and diffusion
It is the 60,472nd most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 874,750 people. Dege is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Dege reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 162,153rd most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 2,143 people.
Dege is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4,185 people, or 1 in 23,309. Besides Ethiopia this surname exists in 48 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
Dege Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dege has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dege surname grew 440 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 286 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dege surname is primarily Buddhist (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Dege last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dege earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 72.02% more than the national average, earning 595,327 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 217.51% more than the national average, earning R 754,536 per year and in United States they earn 23.62% more than the national average, earning $53,341 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dege in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦେଗ | edega | 94.14 |
| େଡେଗ | edega | 5.44 |
| ଡାେଗ | daega | 0.42 |
| Dege in the Marathi language | ||
| डेगे | dege | 91.03 |
| देगे | dege | 5.13 |
| डेगेेे | degeee | 2.56 |
| दोेगे | doege | 1.28 |
| Dege in the Hindi language | ||
| डेगे | dege | 66.67 |
| देगे | dege | 33.33 |
| Dege in the Russian language | ||
| Деге | dege | - |
| Dege in the Arabic language | ||
| ديغي | dyghy | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dege
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